Posted October 05, 2020
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Houston Center for Photography
2027 SPE Annual Conference: Community in Contrast
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SPE South Central Chapter includes:
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Welcome to the South Central Chapter! We cover a huge area, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Our members include students, educators, curators, and independent artists, and we would love to count you among our number.
CHAPTER LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEERS
- Michael Mulvey, Chair
- Vice-Chair/Secretary (VACANT)
- Humna Raza, Treasurer (VACANCY SOON)
Officer terms are 3 years. We are currently in need of someone to complete the remainder of the Vice Chair term, and are seeking nominations for our 2027-2029 Treasurer.
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Upcoming Conference
2026 SPESC Photography Conference
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Little Rock, Arkansas | October 23 - October 25, 2026
We're thrilled to announce that the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host the 2026 SPE South Central Chapter Conference! Join us for two days of talks, exhibitions, and community events celebrating photography and education in the region.
This year's conference will feature acclaimed photographer Todd Hido as keynote speaker, along with an exhibition of his work and that of Angela Strassheim, plus juried members and student exhibitions at UA Little Rock.
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- Portfolio Review Sign-Up | DEADLINE: OCT 15
- Conference Raffle Donation Form | DEADLINE: OCT 15 (items may be turned in at conference registration)
- Student Volunteer Sign-Up | DEADLINE: OCT 12
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about 4 hours ago via Instagram
What a way to end the the conference. Thanks to Jared Thorne to speaking to us tonight.
a day ago via Facebook
Meet the presenters of SPE’s 2027 Annual Conference! We’re excited to introduce Ashley Gillanders, presenting “The Specular Ghost: Resisting the Invisible Apparatus in Virtual Communities” “Photography’s lineage is historically bound to the mirror. From the daguerreotype’s silver surface to the SLR’s pentaprism. This lineage implies a pact: the image indexes not only the world but, inherently, the witness and the apparatus. However, as contemporary image systems move toward mirrorless mechanics and generative pipelines (3D rendering/AI), this pact is broken.” About the Presenter Ashley Gillanders is an interdisciplinary visual artist from Winnipeg, Canada, currently working in Denton, TX. Her practice incorporates sculpture, new media, and experimental approaches to photography to explore notions of artificiality, perception, and the distance between physical and virtual space. She received her MFA in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was a New Artist Society Scholar. She currently teaches at Midwestern State University, where she is an Assistant Professor of Photography in the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Art. Join us at the 2027 SPE Annual Conference to hear Ashley explore photography’s relationship to the mirror, the invisible apparatus, virtual image systems, and the ethics of visibility.